Managerial Econ

Economic Analysis of Business Practice

Sunday, October 11, 2026

Immigration Policy and the Two Types of Errors

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When screening applicants, there are two ways to make a mistake. A Type I error occurs when someone who should be rejected is admitted. A Ty...
Saturday, October 10, 2026

The Razor-and-Blades Strategy Comes Full Circle

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The Oura Ring looks like an ordinary piece of jewelry, but it contains sensors that continuously monitor heart rate, body temperature, sl...
Friday, October 9, 2026

War Provides Arbitrage Opportunities

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Arbitrageurs profit by buying where prices are low and selling where prices are high. But what happens when transporting the product is dang...

Diminishing Marginal Utility of Yodeling

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One reason demand curves slope downward is that people tend to tire of repetition. This is what Mark Twain discovered hiking in Swiss Alps T...
Saturday, October 3, 2026

Why Buyers Hate Auctions

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When Salad and Go filed for bankruptcy in August, it already had a buyer. Dutch Bros had agreed to pay $105 million for as many as 65 of th...
Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Does Surgery Work?

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 The Economist : Many surgical interventions are little better than placebo The results are upending the field. Removing an inflamed appen...
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WWA (World Weather Attribution) cashing in using flawed methodology

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From The Free Press :  On August 26, a wall of rock and ice broke away from Langtang Lirung in the Himalayas, resulting in a massive flo...

How to Sell Meta Glasses (and Car Stereos)

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Best Buy is moving in two seemingly opposite directions with in-store product demonstrations. In June, it announced that Meta Labs will open...
Tuesday, September 22, 2026

When Winning Is a Budget Risk: Hedging Coaching Bonuses

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Prediction-market trades have turned up whose payouts nearly match college football coaches' playoff bonuses. Five line up almost exactl...
Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Rewarding Judgement in AI Use

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AI is changing which employee skills create value and how to incentivize these skills. EY recently announced a $100 million employee rewards...
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